# Multiple Instruments at once? **URL:** \ **Category:** General discussion\ **Created:** [June 2, 2021, 6:13pm UTC](https://forum.electra.one/t/multiple-instruments-at-once/752 "2021-06-02T18:13:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![abarnas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ce73a5/32.png) [@abarnas](https://forum.electra.one/u/abarnas)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2021, 6:13pm UTC](https://forum.electra.one/t/multiple-instruments-at-once/752/1 "2021-06-02T18:13:30Z")
Sorry if this question has been answered elsewhere. For some reason I thought that we could control multiple devices at once. It looks like we can control one instrument at the time and then have to load a different preset if we want to control another one? Am I doing something wrong or is this how it’s designed? ---
**Author:** ![martin](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/forum.electra.one/martin/32/145_2.png) [@martin](https://forum.electra.one/u/martin)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2021, 6:53pm UTC](https://forum.electra.one/t/multiple-instruments-at-once/752/2 "2021-06-02T18:53:21Z")
A preset can have up to 32 devices at once. If you wanted to combine several presets together, you have to use copy & paste to transfer the controls from one preset to another and then adjust settings of the devices. It is not optimal we will add a better way in future. ---
**Author:** ![Uija](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/forum.electra.one/uija/32/236_2.png) [@Uija](https://forum.electra.one/u/Uija)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2021, 6:50am UTC](https://forum.electra.one/t/multiple-instruments-at-once/752/3 "2021-06-03T06:50:00Z")
I have presets that control multiple tracks on my virus (up to 12 Midi Channels) as well as the Octatrack and the Rytm. You can assign an Output-Port and a Midi-Channel-Number to every single Control you place on the screen, so you should be able to have 2 chains of 16 Instruments per MIDI Out Port.